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Le plaisant iev dv dodechedron de fortune, non moins recreatif, que subtil & ingenieux. Renouuellé & changé de sa premiere edition

Jean, de Meun, d. 1305? · 1560 · Paris, V. Sertenas · 11 pictures

A French fortune-telling game book, the dodechedron of fortune ascribed to Jean de Meun, printed in Paris by Vincent Sertenas in 1560 for readers seeking parlour divination and amusement. The scanned pages are dominated by woodcut typographic ornament: strapwork headpieces framing blank cartouches, scrolled name panels, and small floral corner blocks that can be lifted as banners, labels, and title surrounds.

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